Improvement in reversible seats



w w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JULIUS E. BUGG, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN REVERSIBLE SEATS.

Specifieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,273, dated January16, 1877; application filed August 28, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS E. RUGG, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in ReversibleSeats, of which the following is a specification:

This invention consists in the following described manner of hanging aseat, provided with an interchangeable back and bottom in such a waythat a quarter turn will reverse the seat without moving the same out ofthe arc of a circle, of which the longer part of the arin is the radius.It is particularly applica ble for use in cars and carriages.

Reference is made to the aecompanying drawing, forming a part of thespecification in explaining' the same, in which- Fgure 1*is an end, andFig. 2 a side, elevation of the seat, and Figs. 3 and 4 arecrosssections thereof.

The interchangeable back and bottom are constrncted, preferably, ofwooden slats A, sprung into slotted or recessed end pieces B. The arm Gdescribes an arc of a circle from the top of each end piece to its frontedge, and are slotted or recessed at D, as shown,

for the purpose of furnishing guides for the supporting bolts or claspsE, which fasten the arm to the standard F, and upon which they slide inthe act of reversing the seat.

may be cheaply and easily made of malleable i iron in one casting, ifdesired.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a reversible car-seat,having the notched locking-pieces G and. the anti-friction support H,the arm-piece O, attached at `one end to the top of the back, and at theother to the front of the seat, and provided with slots or notches D,adapted to engage with the loop or bolt E, in the manner and for thepurpose set forth.

J ULIUS E. RUGG. Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKEB., F. F. RAYMOND, 2d.

